childhoodlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of childhood.

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Meanings

adjectivechildhoodlike (comparative more childhoodlike, superlative most childhoodlike)

comparative more childhoodlike · superlative most childhoodlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of childhood.

    Society prefers to keep handicapped people in a childhoodlike state, thereby ignoring sexual needs.

    1985, Pat Nuse Clark, Pat Nuse Pratt, Anne S. Allen, Occupational therapy for children

Origin

From childhood + -like.

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APA

childhoodlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childhoodlike

MLA

“childhoodlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childhoodlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “childhoodlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childhoodlike.

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